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Business/Tech – France 24 - International News 24/7http://m.france24.com/bundles/aefhermesf24/img/france24-logo.png?version=20180202121500Get all the business and technology news - France 24 offers business news, Internet and media news, and economy and banking newsWed, 31 Jan 2018 14:38:06 GMTECONOMYUS stocks take another plunge as Dow drops more than 4 percenthttp://www.france24.com/en/20180209-usa-stocks-take-another-plunge-dow-jones-drops-more-4-percent-wall-street
Wall Street tumbled back into sell-off mode Thursday, with the Dow plunging more than 1,000 points as worries over interest rate hikes continued to drag the market down.WB5882922-F24-EN-20180209Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:29:19 GMTSpencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP | Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on February 6, 2018 in New York City. NEWS WIRESMARKETSWorld markets dive as 'goldilocks' trade unravelshttp://www.france24.com/en/20180206-asian-markets-global-stock-tumble-goldilocks-trade-nikkei-wall-street
A rout in global equities deepened in Asia on Tuesday as inflation worries gripped financial markets, sending US stock futures sinking further into the red after Wall Street suffered its biggest decline since 2011.WB5881919-F24-EN-20180206Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:14:03 GMTKazuhiro Nogi, AFP | Tokyo's Nikkei index followed the global market plunge on Tuesday as investors dumped stocks in anticipation of higher interest rates.NEWS WIRESBUSINESSDow plunges 4.6 percent, erasing 2018's gainshttp://www.france24.com/en/20180205-usa-wall-street-plunges-dow-erases-2018-gains
Wall Street stocks plunged in chaotic trading on Monday, as the Dow's gains for 2018 were erased in a brutal pullback from months of stock market euphoria that had been acclaimed by President Donald Trump.WB5881820-F24-EN-20180205Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:34:49 GMTNEWS WIRESFRANCEFrance to ban ‘buy one, get one free’ in bid to help struggling farmershttp://www.france24.com/en/20180131-france-supermarkets-farmers-food-prices-offers
France plans to ban "buy one, get one free" offers on food products in supermarkets to guarantee better income to struggling farmers, in a move that could also test President Emmanuel Macron's free-market credentials.WB5880315-F24-EN-20180131Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:48:13 GMTDamien Meyer, AFP | Farmers say price wars between retailers benefit consumers but hurt producers.NEWS WIRESTHE INTERVIEWIMF chief: 'Global growth forecasts are fairly good'http://www.france24.com/en/20180131-interview-christine-lagarde-imf-economic-forecasts-growth-middle-east-africa
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), gave an interview to FRANCE 24 in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. She discussed the IMF's recent global growth forecasts, calling them "fairly good" at 3.9% for both 2018 and 2019. Lagarde added that this growth is "generated by more than 120 countries, which represent roughly three-quarters of the world economy".WB5880249-F24-EN-20180131Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:38:06 GMTLine RIFAIBUSINESSVolkswagen suspends high-level manager over emissions tests on monkeyshttp://www.france24.com/en/20180130-germany-business-vw-volkswagen-suspends-manager-over-emissions-tests-monkeys
Automaker Volkswagen has suspended its head of external relations and sustainability in response to the controversy over experiments in which monkeys were exposed to diesel exhaust.WB5879846-F24-EN-20180130Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:07:45 GMTRonny Hartmann, AFP | The logo of German car maker Volkswagen outside the main administrative building of the Volkswagen brand at VW plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, on May 19, 2017.NEWS WIRESDAVOS DEBATEBeyond the Paradise Papers: Can global tax avoidance be stopped? (part 2)http://www.france24.com/en/20180126-davos-debate-beyond-paradise-papers-can-global-tax-avoidance-be-stopped-part-2
It costs governments $240 billion every year, but can global tax avoidance be stopped? After scandals like the Paradise Papers, why has more not been done to make the rich and big business pay what they owe? Watch our special debate with a panel of high-profile guests, hosted by FRANCE 24's business editor Stephen Carroll, at the World Economic Forum in Davos.WB5878520-F24-EN-20180125Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:53:39 GMTStephen CARROLLDAVOS - WORLD ECONOMIC FORUMBeyond the Paradise Papers: Can global tax evasion be stopped?http://www.france24.com/en/20180125-live-davos-debate-global-tax-evasion-paradise-papers
The Paradise Papers may have exposed the extent of global tax evasion, but can it be stopped? FRANCE 24's Stephen Carroll engages with top business leaders and economists at the World Economic Forum in Davos. WB5878478-F24-EN-20180125Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:51:10 GMTScreengrab FRANCE 24FRANCE 24THE DEBATEMacron in Davos: French president pleads for more ambitious Europehttp://www.france24.com/en/20180124-debate-macron-davos-forum-world-economy
"France is back". Emmanuel Macron drew applause in Davos with that line. The French president was definitely playing to a friendly audience as he pitched his country and his continent to the captains of globalisation in Davos. He also pleaded for a global compact to make growth more ethical and pointedly called on the US and China to sign a deal to regulate taxes. But do his words match his deeds? What are the French president's answers to growing inequality at home?WB5878262-F24-EN-20180124Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:19:37 GMTFrançois PICARDWORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'France is back': Macron touts France, in English, before Davos elitehttp://www.france24.com/en/20180124-davos-forum-france-macron-english-globalisation
French President Emmanuel Macron told the world's business elite in Davos on Wednesday that France was back as a European powerhouse under his reformist government.WB5878244-F24-EN-20180124Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:02:15 GMTFabrice Coffrini, AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 24, 2018 in Davos, eastern Switzerland.FRANCE 24TAX HAVENSEU removes Panama, seven others from tax haven blacklisthttp://www.france24.com/en/20180123-european-union-removes-panama-south-korea-tax-haven-blacklist
The European Union on Tuesday removed eight countries including Panama and South Korea from its list of tax havens, just weeks after first publishing the blacklist.WB5877782-F24-EN-20180123Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:48:01 GMTEmmanuel Dunand, AFP | Oxfam activists stage a satirical street-play mimicking wealthy people hidding their money in tax haven, on December 5, 2017 near EU headquarters in Brussels.FRANCE 24GLOBAL ECONOMYFuture of work report sees women's jobs at greatest riskhttp://www.france24.com/en/20180122-business-wef-davos-future-work-report-sees-women-jobs-greatest-risk
As Davos kicks off on Tuesday, a new report released by the World Economic Forum highlights the disruption that technology and other factors will have on jobs in coming years, disproportionately threatening posts occupied by women.WB5877495-F24-EN-20180122Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:32:17 GMTistockTracy MCNICOLLUNITED ARAB EMIRATESEmirates Airlines helps to rescue Airbus with substantial orderhttp://www.france24.com/en/20180118-emirates-airline-rescue-airbus-significant-order
Emirates Airlines said Thursday it has struck a €13 billion deal to buy 36 Airbus A380 superjumbos just days after the European manufacturer said it would have to halt production without new orders.WB5876333-F24-EN-20180118Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:04:19 GMTGiuseppe Cacace, AFP | An Airbus A380 of Emirates landing at the tarmac at Dubai's International Airport.NEWS WIRESBUSINESSApple to pay $38bn in taxes on foreign cash stockpilehttp://www.france24.com/en/20180118-apple-pay-38bn-taxes-foreign-cash-stockpile
Apple announced Wednesday it would pay about $38 billion in taxes -- likely the largest payment of its kind -- on profits repatriated from overseas as it boosts investments in the United States.WB5876199-F24-EN-20180118Thu, 18 Jan 2018 01:40:38 GMTJack Taylor / AFP | This file photo taken on September 16, 2016 shows the Apple iPhone 7 smartphone on the day of its release at Covent Garden in London. NEWS WIRESBUSINESSBitcoin plummets further after losing half its value in just one monthhttp://www.france24.com/en/20180117-bitcoin-slumps-10000-losing-half-its-value-one-month
Bitcoin slid more than 11 percent to hit $10,000 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange on Wednesday, leaving the cryptocurrency down by close to half from its peak hit last month. WB5875977-F24-EN-20180117Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:25:45 GMTAnthony Wallace, AFP | A woman touches an ATM machine for digital currency Bitcoin in Hong Kong on December 18, 2017. FRANCE 24TECHNOLOGYFacebook to prioritise friends over firms in news feed overhaulhttp://www.france24.com/en/20180112-facebook-put-friends-family-first-news-feeds-overhaul-zuckerburg
Facebook on Thursday announced a major update that will put friends and family above pages or celebrities in a user's news feed -- and likely result in people spending less time on the leading social network.WB5874499-F24-EN-20180112Fri, 12 Jan 2018 04:38:20 GMTAFPNEWS WIRESUSA-BRITAINVulnerability in computer chips sparks security fears and debatehttp://www.france24.com/en/20180104-vulnerability-computer-chip-sparks-security-fears-debate
Researchers expressed concerns on Wednesday that hackers could access sensitive data on most modern systems, as technology firms sought to play down the security risks.WB5872281-F24-EN-20180104Thu, 04 Jan 2018 04:06:05 GMTJosh Edelson/AFP| An Intel sign at the Intel Museum in Santa Clara, CA. Security weaknesses found in computer chips, including ones made by Intel, prompted concerns on Wednesday.NEWS WIRESAVIATION2017 was 'safest year' on record for commercial passenger flightshttp://www.france24.com/en/20180102-aviation-2017-was-safest-year-record-commercial-passenger-flights
Airlines recorded zero accident deaths in commercial passenger jets last year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group that tracks crashes, making 2017 the safest year on record for commercial air travel.WB5871787-F24-EN-20180102Tue, 02 Jan 2018 07:40:00 GMTJustin Tallis, AFP | A plane flies in front of a "super moon" or "wolf moon" on its approach to London Heathrow Airport on January 1, 2018. NEWS WIRESINDIAIndia on track to become fifth-largest economy in 2018http://www.france24.com/en/20171227-india-fifth-largest-economy-mody-france-uk
India is set to overtake the United Kingdom and France to become the world's fifth largest economy next year, a report said Tuesday.
WB5870895-F24-EN-20171227Wed, 27 Dec 2017 07:26:05 GMTIndranil Mukherjee, AFP | File photo shows Indian rupees.NEWS WIRESBUSINESSChairman of Google parent company Schmidt to step downhttp://www.france24.com/en/20171222-eric-schmidt-resign-chairman-google-alphabet
Google's parent company Alphabet on Thursday announced that Eric Schmidt will step down as chairman, remaining on the board but shifting into a role as a technical advisor.WB5870046-F24-EN-20171222Fri, 22 Dec 2017 07:33:19 GMTBertrand Guay, AFP | Executive Chairman Alphabet Inc. Eric Schmidt gestures as he speaks during a session at The Viva Technology Event in Paris on June 15, 2017. NEWS WIRES